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Originally Posted by rocky
If I remember right, those shotguns were used to commercially hunt ducks. the guns were mounting in small paddle boats, and you aimed the gun/boat as 1 at the raft of ducks swimming.
Looks devastating all right.
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Right you are, Rocky. "A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water." Back in the dark ages (1964) coming back from the Boy Scout National Jamboree we stopped in Gettysburg for the battlefield tour. In the museum there they had several punts with the guns mounted in the bow. The gun was on a swivel so that it could be moved slightly off axis from the boat. They also had photos of the result of firing it into a flight of ducks. There were several sizes on display I remember seeing one each that were listed as 0 ga. and 00 ga. I have seen an 8 ga. in use and these definitely dwarfed it.
I suggest though that it be called the "ultimate home remodelling gun" rather than home defense. If you use it inside there won't be much home left to defend.